At half-time between Summer Paralympics the biggest Elite Para Swimming Event of the world was taking place in Berlin! 550 swimmers from about 50 countries have competed at the IDM 2018.

At the Para Swimming European Championships in Dublin the best swimmers from all over Europe will compete in August. At the IDM Berlin 2018 the worlds best Para Swimmers and junior athletes attended from June 7 - 10 in the Berlin SSE. They were setting 24 world records, 50 regional and 32 german records.

Save the date 2019 June 6 - 9!

Be part of the IDM Berlin in 2019 again. Follow the extraordinary para swimming event directly in the pool or at our livestream.

IDM 2017 VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

IDM 2017 SESSIONS

SPORT CLASSES/ CLASSIFICATION

Paralympic Swimming have a system which provides several winners per event (f.i. 100m Freestyle). Here you can find an explanation of the sports class system for athletes with an impairment.